Students dropping courses within two weeks following the first day of lectures in any semester will not be liable for tuition fees for those courses. Students dropping courses after that time will receive tuition fee refunds on a prorated basis. Any student who drops a course from two weeks to three weeks following the first day of lectures in any semester shall have 50% of the tuition refunded. Any student who drops a course from three weeks to four weeks following the first day of lectures in any semester shall have 25% of the tuition refunded. No tuition will be refunded for courses dropped after four weeks following the first day of lectures in any semester. For the actual dates relating to these refunds, see the University Diary.

In the case of sessions, accelerated courses and courses offered outside of the normal time frame of a semester or session, the tuition refund drop periods will be prorated accordingly.

2.3.2 Undergraduate Students (Medical Students)

Fees for citizens of Canada and permanent residents

Annual tuition fee (September 1 - $3,125, January 1 - $3,125): $6,250

Fees for international students

Annual tuition fee: $30,000

2.3.3 Graduate Students

Fees are payable at the time of registration. All graduate students must be registered in each semester of the three-semester academic year throughout the period of their program until all academic requirements for the degree have been met and they have been deemed eligible to graduate by the School of Graduate Studies. Final dates in each semester for notification of completion of academic requirements, in order to be deregistered from Graduate Registration 9000/Medicine 9900 without incurring liability for continuance fees, are included in the University Diary.

There is a minimum fee for all graduate degrees. The amount of this fee for both Canadian and international students will depend on the semester fees in effect during his or her period of registration. Semester fees are subject to review at least annually. They are:

At the time of first registration, each masters's candidate must select a payment plan. The fee payable in the first and subsequent semesters will depend upon the payment plan selected. Once selected, the payment plan will remain in effect for the duration of the student's period of registration, and cannot be changed. Payment Plan C is available for selected programs only.

A student who completes his or her program in a period of time shorter than that covered by the selected payment plan will, in his or her final semester be required to pay the difference between the product of the semester fee in effect in that final semester and the number of times which a fee should have been paid in accordance with the payment plan selected, and the actual amount paid.

A student whose program extends beyond the period covered by the selected payment plan will be assessed the appropriate program continuance fee for each additional semester of registration. Continuance fees will be charged until the program is complete.

The program continuance fees per semester for citizens of Canada and permanent residents entering prior to September 2004 are:

Masters candidate: $334

Graduate Diploma candidate: $162

Doctoral candidate: $570

The program continuance fees per semester for citizens of Canada and permanent residents, and international students entering September 2004 are:

Masters candidate: 8.15% of the total program fee for Plan A

Graduate Diploma candidate: 8.15% of the total program fee

Doctoral candidate: 8.15% of the total program fee

The program continuance fees per semester for international students entering prior to September 1, 2004 are:

Masters candidate: $434

Graduate Diploma candidate: $210

Doctoral candidate: $741

Any doctoral student engaged in a double degree program through a cotutelle agreement will be required to register at both Memorial University of Newfoundland and the cooperating institution for the duration of his/her program. Tuition fees are payable at only the 'home institution' i.e. the institution to which the doctoral student was initially admitted, as specified in the cotutelle agreement.

The semester fees listed above cover only the courses (if any) prescribed for the program by the academic unit and approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies. A student taking courses which are not part of the approved program must pay for them separately in accordance with the fee schedule for undergraduate courses.

A graduate student who is permitted by the Dean of Graduate Studies to transfer from a diploma program to an allied master's program or from a master's program to a doctoral program before the former is completed will be required to pay the difference between the fees for the two programs, based on the semester fee in effect during each semester of the new program. This additional payment shall be made over the duration of the remaining semesters for which program fees are owed, or over three semesters, whichever is greater.

A graduate student who wishes to withdraw from his or her graduate program must inform the Dean of Graduate Studies, in writing, within three weeks after the first day of lectures in the semester. Failure to do so will result in the student being held responsible for the fees due to the end of that semester. Administrative fee for approved retroactive requests for leave of absence or withdrawal from program: $25

Where a thesis is required by a particular degree or program, a fee will be charged to cover the cost of binding two copies of the thesis.

Thesis binding fee: $20

Special Fees: In addition to the semester fees, the following programs charge a special fee:

Option 1: Full-time and includes a work term (payable over three consecutive semesters): $15,000

Option 2: Full-time without a work term (payable over three consecutive semesters) $5,000, $5,000, and $3,000): $13,000

Option 2: Part-time without a work term (payable over seven consecutive semesters): $10,000

Repeat Course fee: $295 per credit hour

Program Continuance Fee for full-time students who do not complete the program in the normal program period: $352

2.3.6 Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS)

For distance education courses, there are administrative fees which are charged in addition to the tuition fees for these courses. These fees cover the cost of course materials (excluding textbooks), rental of video and audio tapes and management of web courses.